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Florent van Ertborn (4 April 1784 - 28 August 1840) was a Dutch and Belgian politician and art collector.

Biography
Florentius Josephus, Knight van Ertborn was born in Antwerp in 1784 in a wealthy, aristocratic family, the only son of Emmanuel van Ertborn and Catharina de Witte. As a yong man, he made a Grand Tour to Italy and France, becoming acquainted with the art of the Old Masters. In Antwerp, he was a member of the commission responsible for the distribution of artworks which had returned from France after the defeat of Napoleon, and helped with the reopening of the museum of the local Fine Arts Academy.

He was involved with politics from an early age, and was friends with Jan Frans Willems, one of the leaders of the early Flemish Movement. He became a member of the provincial council of Antwerp in 1817, mayor of Antwerp in 1818, and governor of the Province of Utrecht in 1828. As mayor, he imposed the new language laws, making Dutch the official government language of Antwerp. Van Ertborn was bilingual French-Dutch. He was a chamberlain to King William I of the Netherlands. He moved to Dordrecht and married in 1830 the 18-year-old Baroness Adriana Eleonora Sophia van Heeckeren-Wierse. That same year 1830 Belgium became independent, and van Ertborn laid down his functions. He got reelected as mayor of Antwerp in 1831, but as a proponent of the reunion with the Netherlands refused and stayed in Dordrecht until his death in 1840. He is buried in Antwerp.

Van Ertborn was an avid collector of art, mainly 15th and 16th century paintings from Flanders and neighbouring countries. These were barely collected or studied at the time, usually judged inferior to the Baroque art of the 17th century, and due to the end of the French Revolution there was a large supply of works on the market. He was advised by the German art historian and collector Sulpiz Boisserée and one of his friends, the painter Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, restored some of the works. They also, together with Jan Adriaan Snijers, formed the acquisitions committee of the Antwerp Museum. He legated all 115 works to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, which was at the time still the museum of the local Academy of Fine Arts.

Collection

 * 1) Simone Martini, Orsini polyptych, four panels
 * 2) Jan Mostaert: Deipara Virgo: current attribution Ambrosius Benson
 * 3) Jan Mostaert: Portrait of a Man: current attribution Jan Gossaert
 * 4) Jan Mostaert: Portrait of a Woman: current attribution Ambrosius Benson
 * 5) Jan van Scorel: Christ on the Cross: current attribution Master of the Von Groote Adoration
 * 6) Lambert Lombard: Portrait of a Man: current attribution "anonymous"
 * 7) Crispin Van den Broeck: Last Judgment
 * 8) Gerard Van der Meire: Seven Sorrows polyptych: current attribution Master of Hoogstraeten
 * 9) Rogier van der Weyden: Seven Sacraments triptych
 * 10) Rogier van der Weyden: Annunciation
 * 11) Rogier van der Weyden: Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
 * 12) Jan van Eyck: Saint Barbara
 * 13) Jan van Eyck: Virgin
 * 14) Jan van Eyck: Virgin, Saint George and Saint Donatius
 * 15) Jan Sanders van Hemessen: Conversion of Saint Matthew: current attribution Marinus van Reymerswale
 * 16) Bernard van Orley: Child Jesus: current attribution Joos Van Cleve
 * 17) Bernard van Orley: Portrait of a Man: current attribution Albert Cornelis
 * 18) Bernard van Orley: Portrait of a Man and Portrait of a Woman (wings of a triptych): current attribution Barthel Bruyn the Elder
 * 19) Unknown: Saint Lienard
 * 20) Unknown: Coronation of the Virgin
 * 21) Unknown: Virgin and Child and Two donors (diptych)
 * 22) Unknown: Calvary
 * 23) Unknown: Madonna
 * 24) Unknown: Mater Dolorosa, current attribution Barend van Orley
 * 25) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Barthel Bruyn the Elder
 * 26) Unknown: Blessed Virgin, triptych, current attribution Jacob Cornelisz van Oostzanen
 * 27) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Barthel Bruyn the Elder
 * 28) Unknown: Resurrection, current attribution Barthel Bruyn the Elder
 * 29) Unknown: Ecce Homo
 * 30) Unknown: Archers' Meeting and Festival, current attribution Master of Frankfurt
 * 31) Unknown: Preparings for the Crucifixion, current attribution Cornelis Engebrechtsz
 * 32) Unknown: The Prayer, current attribution Master of the Amsterdam Death of Mary
 * 33) Unknown: Blessed Virgin, current attribution Master of the Holy Blood
 * 34) Unknown: Baptism of Christ, current attribution Marcellus Coffermans
 * 35) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman
 * 36) Unknown: Philip the Good
 * 37) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Rogier van der Weyden
 * 38) Unknown: John the Fearless
 * 39) Unknown: A Canon
 * 40) Unknown: A Man Praying
 * 41) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Corneille de la Haye
 * 42) Unknown: A Saint Praying
 * 43) Unknown: Gabriel Cambry
 * 44) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Corneille de la Haye
 * 45) Unknown: Francis Sonnius: current attribution Frans Pourbus I
 * 46) Unknown: Mater Dolorosa
 * 47) Unknown: William I of Orange-Nassau: current attribution Adriaen Thomasz. Key
 * 48) Unknown: The Holy Family
 * 49) Unknown: Virgin and Child appearing to Constantine the Great, currently "attributed to Jan Mostaert"
 * 50) Unknown: Blessed Virgin, current attribution School of Master of 1499
 * 51) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Jacob Cornelisz
 * 52) Unknown: Portrait of a Lady, current attribution Conrad Faber von Kreuznach
 * 53) Unknown: Blessed Virgin, triptych, current attribution Master of the Antwerp Triptych of Mary
 * 54) Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen
 * 55) Unknown: Christ taken down from the Cross,Quinten Massijs
 * 56) Unknown: A Girl teasing an Old Man,Quinten Massijs
 * 57) Unknown: A Banker,Marinus van Reymerswale
 * 58) Unknown: Christ Bearing the Cross,Master of Frankfurt
 * 59) Unknown: Christ Bearing the Cross,Bernard van Orley
 * 60) Unknown: Afflicto Virgo: current attribution Jan Gossaert(??)
 * 61) Unknown: Entombment: current attribution Master of Hoogstraeten
 * 62) Unknown: Ecce Homo